Toast- Top whole-grain toast with sunflower seed butter or almond butter and ½ sliced banana.
- Add plain Greek yogurt and fresh strawberries or other fresh fruit to a whole-grain bagel.
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Oatmeal- Add flaxseed, blueberries and nuts to a cooked bowl of steel cut oats and serve with nonfat milk, soy milk or almond milk.
- Make oatmeal pancakes with apples or blueberries, served with sugar-free syrup.
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Yogurt- Add fruit and low-fat granola to your favorite plain yogurt.
- Blend fruit into yogurt with your favorite non-fat milk.
A note about yogurt: soy or almond varieties are more heart healthy than dairy yogurt. | |
Pita or Tortilla- Fill a whole grain or whole wheat pita bread filled with chopped onions, cooked tofu or chicken sausage crumbles and your favorite salsa.
- Roll a whole grain or whole wheat tortilla with scrambled egg whites and fresh vegetables, then top with salsa or other condiment.
- Top a flat whole wheat pita bread round with refried beans, lettuce, tomato and salsa for a healthy tostada.
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